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Cartoonist’s Take: Nov. 10, 2026
“Trump doubles down on tariffs and war” by Dave Whamond, via Cagle Cartoons
Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible.” It was a profound exploration of the Red Scare and about how one person can kick off a chain reaction of...
Thank you, Mr. President. That’s what courteous Democrats might say to Donald Trump for the immense (and I’m sure involuntary) assistance he lent...
How often does this little sentence change the course of our day? “I don’t feel like it.” We planned to take a walk, but the couch feels...
Q. Looking for your opinion. I have a 2020 Infiniti QX60 and I am the original owner. In July I started hearing a slight hum and thought it was the...
Cartoonist’s Take: Nov. 8, 2026
Is former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s unsuccessful nominee in 2024, running for president again? There are conflicting...
I danced around the kitchen, pirouetting from one cabinet to another, gathering supplies in no particular order. My dog-shaped shadow follows along. A...
Cartoonist’s Take: Nov. 7, 2026
Two of the most tangible effects of the midterm elections can be summed up in two words: subpoenas and judges. When Democrats take control of Congress...
Baby Boomers are blamed for expensive housing, changing politics, environmental problems, disappearing pensions, and just about every other social ill...
Cartoonist’s Take: Nov. 6, 2026
In 2010, President Obama described those midterm elections as a “shellacking” for Democrats, who lost 60 seats in the House. Then, as now, the...
Cartoonist’s Take: Nov. 5, 2026
Cartoonist’s Take: November 4, 2026
Cartoonist’s Take: Nov. 3, 2026
“Doubts about polls,” by Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons.
I nearly waited out the entirety of October to purchase the 55-count package of miniature candy. Fun-sized. It wasn’t so much an impulse buy as a...
“Voters’ line” by Bruce Plante, PoliticalCartoons.com Cagle Cartoons.
As the school year moves along, many parents assume that their child’s solid or even superior performance will continue. When a child is bright,...
Back in the 1950s, summer wasn’t a carefree time for American families. In fact, it was pretty terrifying. Parents worried less about the heat or...
“Term limits,” Dick Wright, PoliticalCartoons.com, Cagle Cartoons.
“After midnight, we’re going to let it all hang down.” – Eric Clapton (1970) According to a study cited by the New York Post, in 2026 all that...
If you live long enough you hear the same promises and accusations repeated ad nauseum by politicians of both parties. They will make your life better...
“Distrust in election polls” by John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons.
“Uncle Sam wants you to vote.” (PoliticalCartoons.com via CagleCartoons.com)
On Halloween night in 1974, 8-year-old Timothy O’Bryan became the first child in American history to die from intentionally poisoned Halloween...
Abdul El-Sayed is no Barack Obama. In terms of what he expects government to do, he’s far more ambitious. If you thought Obama’s expansion of the...
SAN FRANCISCO — If media interviews with voters are to be believed, some people — perhaps many — will cast their midterm votes based on the high...
Vivek Ramaswamy’s desperation is showing. That was my immediate reaction to the cringeworthy ad his campaign posted on social media and then ran on...
“Economy limits Halloween treats” by John Darkow, via Cagle Cartoons.
Here we are, just scant days away from the crucial midterm elections, and if you really want to understand why the MAGA Republicans seem destined to...
There aren’t a lot of people living today who have a direct memory of John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, but most of us have read about the...
“Inflation whale drags Trump polls down” by Christopher Weyant, via Cagle Cartoons.
Cartoonist’s Take: October 26, 2026
If life has felt unusually heavy lately, you have plenty of company. The American Psychological Association’s newly released 2026 Stress in America...
Q. I have a 2021 BMW X5. I’ve been changing my own brakes, as well as family members’ brakes, for 45 years. I would like to replace the brakes on...
Cartoonist’s Take: October 25, 2026
By Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh The right to vote is one of the most fundamental freedoms we enjoy as Americans. It is a right that generations...
At the “Trumpapalooza” convention in Dallas last month, the president urged his followers to “cheat like hell” in this fall’s election, now...
Airbnb announced this week that it would discourage its hosts from pushing their change-over chores onto guests … just in time for Thanksgiving. The...
Cartoonist’s Take: October 24, 2026
It’s been said many times that a president’s job approval rating is one of the most important predictors of how his party will perform in midterm...
In my last column, we talked about the early attempt to grow tobacco in the Capital District. Elsewhere in New York State, tobacco production...
Cartoonist’ Take: October 23, 2026
Another school year, another mass shooting. As I write this, there have been at least 326 mass shootings in 2026. The latest involved a 16-year-old...
Cartoonist’s Take: October 22, 2026
Watching the riots throughout France (the BBC laughably called them “mostly peaceful” while showing cities in flames, and U.S. media disagreed on...
Cartoonist’s Take: October 21, 2026
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